The Mail's story gave in-depth descriptions said to be from Young about Carey's life "inside a bubble," which included jet-setting around the globe with the singer, and seeing first-hand how the world stopped to fulfill her every desire.

Young tweeted an apology to Carey, pictured, for the alleged misquotes. (Alo Ceballos/GC Images)

The story, which Young insists is fake, goes on to detail how he met Carey in 1997 when she was going through her first divorce from music mogul, Tommy Mottola, and she asked him to help her keep her diminishing career alive.

"She wanted to become relevant again and that meant working with hip-hop artists," he reportedly recalled. "I put her together with Jay-Z."

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Together, Carey and Young released hits like "I Still Believe," "Cry Baby," and "Irresistible."

They are said to have had a 9-year friendship and love affair before Young decided her lifestyle wasn't something he wanted to be a part of any longer.

"Mariah lives inside a bubble," he described, according to the Daily Mail. "I lived inside her world for a while but I had to get out for my own sanity. The thing I remember most about being with her was the quiet and the loneliness. She didn't have many friends. For a long time I was her best friend."

Eventually Carey's world became too much for Young and he "decided I was done with it."

"Mariah, like any star of that level, never looked back," the Daily Mail reports Young said. "She just kept moving and that's what broke my heart.

"You end up alone at the end of the day," he supposedly said of Carey's international A-list celebrity status. "It's a very solitary existence, sad in a lot of ways."